University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland

Specialisation Pharmatechnology:

Five of:

• Continuous Pharmaceutical Production
• Formulation of Biologics and Routes of Drug Delivery
• Pharmaceutical Production Facilities
• Drug formulation and delivery for solid dosage forms
• Physicochemical Principles of Pharmacutics
• Materials Science

Three of:

• Compound Profiling in Pharmaceutical Drug Discovery
• Process Analytical Technology
• Bioanalytics in a regulated Environment
• Laboratory Automation in the Pharmaceutical Industry
• Chromatography and Mass-Spectrometry
• Proteomics and Protein Analytics
• Biostructures and Solid State Sciences

Three of:

• Sustainable Process Development
• Process Data Analysis
•  Process Transfer and Scale-up
• Process Development and Technology
• Process Technology for Industrial Pollution control
• Costs and Benefits of Sustainable production
• Regulatory Affairs

Specialisation Biotechnology:

Five of:

• Gene- and Cell- Therapeutics
• Process Analytical Technology
• Continuous Biomanufacturing
• Industrial Automation
• Chromatography and Mass-Spectrometry for Bioanalytics
• Formulation of Biologics and Routes of Drug Delivery

Three of:

• Cellular imaging
• Laboratory Automation in the Pharmaceutical Industry
• Advanced Cell Culture Systems
• Advanced Mass Spectrometry
• Genomics
• Proteomics and Protein Analysis
• Pharmaceutical Production Facilities
• Process Development and Technology

Three of:

• Design of Biopharmaceutical Production Facilities
• Regulatory Affairs
• Bioanalytics in a regulated Environment
• Physiology and Immunotherapies
• Tissue Engineering for Drug Discovery

Specialisation Bioanalytics:

Five of:

• -  Genomics
• -  Proteomics and Protein Analysis
• -  Chromatography and Mass-Spectrometry
• -  Biomarker
• -  Cellular Imaging
• -  Bioassays: Engineered Cells, Tissues and Organisms
• -  Bioanalytics in a regulated Environment

Five of:

• Biostructures and Solid State Sciences
• Molecular & Translational Imaging
• Bio-interfaces and Bio-conjugate Chemistry
• Advanced Mass Spectrometry
• Formulation of Biologics and Routes of Drug Delivery
• Environmental Risk Assessment
• Compound Profiling in Pharmaceutical Drug Discovery
• Physiology and Immunotherapy
• Gene- and Cell Therapeutics
• Process Analytical Technology

All Specialisations:

Four of:

• Handling and Visualizing data (3)
• Design and Analysis of Experiments (3)
• Modelling and Exploration of Multivariate Data (3)
• Business Administration for Life Sciences (3)
• Management and Leadership of Life Sciences (3)
• Innovation and Project Management (3)
• Politics and Society (3)

Optional elective courses

All of:

• Bioengineering I (4)
• Risks in Biotechnologies (5)
• Isolation and Separation Methods (4)
• Biotechnology and Food Science -  Laboratory Project II (7)

Three of:

• Molecular Biology (3)
• Enzymology (4)
• Genetic Engineering (3)
• Food and Biochemical Process Engineering (4) 
• Environmental Microbioloey (4)
• Green Chemistry (3)

Diploma thesis

Diploma thesis will be conducted under ioint supervision of two supervisors, one from each partner institution. The assignment, content and form of Diploma thesis are governed primorily by
the institution where the thesis is conducted. The thesis will be published ot UCT Prague in its entirety, including oll attochments with the possibility of postponement for o period of up to 3 years

Diploma thesis at UCT Prague

Diploma thesis at School of Life Sciences, FHNW:
Only non-confidential projects are possible.

Specialisation Pharmatechnology:

Four of:

• Drug formulation and delivery for solid dosage forms (3)
• Formulation of biologics and routes of drug delivery (3)
• Continuous Pharmaceutical Production (3)
• Pharmaceutical Production Facilities (3)
• Bioassays: Engineered Cells, Tissues and Organisms (3)
• Compound Profiling in Pharmaceutical Drug Discovery (3)

Specialisation Chemistry:

Four of:

• Synthetic and Medicinal Chemistry (3)
• Advanced Mass Spectrometry and NMR Spectroscopy (3)
• Process Development and Technology (3)
• Reaction Technology (3)
• Proteomics and Protein Analytics (3)
• Materials Science (3)
• Surface Characterisation (3)

Further Recommended Elective Modules beyond the above:

• Design of Biopharmaceutical Production Facilities (3)
• Regulatory Affairs (3)

Five of:

• Handling and Visualizing data (3)
• Design and Analysis of Experiments (3)
• Modelling and Exploration of Multivariate Data (3)
• Business Administration for Life Sciences (3)
• Management and Leadership of Life Sciences (3)
• Innovation and Project Management (3)
• Politics and Society (3)

Laboratory project II (8)

Engineering in Chemical and Pharmaceutical Processes (5)

Safety Engineering (4)

Separation Processes (5) Trends in Biotechnologies (5)

Technical Catalysis (5)

Macromolecular Chemistry (4)

Fine Chemicals (5)

Characterization of Particles and Microstructures (5)

Thermodynamics of Materials (4)

Physical chemistry of polymers (5)

Process Design (5 – spring semester)

Membrane Processes (4 – spring semester)

According to the rules of the UCT Prague:

Diploma Thesis (assessed by supervisors of both partner institutions)

or

According to the rules of the School of Life Sciences, FHNW: Diploma Thesis (assessed by supervisors of both partner institutions)

Specialisation Environmental Technologies :

Five of:

• Cost Effectiveness of Sustainable Production and Risc Reduction in industries (3)
• Material Recovery Methods and Technologies (3)
• Industrial Pollution Control and Resource Recovery Applications (3)
• Environmental Risk Assessment (3)
• Environmental Bioremediation (3)
• Environmental Remediation (3)
• Water Management in Households, Industry and Agriculture (3)
• Water and Wastewater Treatment Technologies (3)

Further Recommended Elective Modules beyond the above:

• Journal Club Environmental and Natural resource Sciences (3)
• Life cycle Assessment (3)
• Reaction Technology (3)
• Process Development and Technology (3)

Five of:

• Handling and Visualizing data (3)
• Design and Analysis of experiments (3)
• Modelling and Exploration of Multivariate Data (3)
• Business Administration for Life Sciences (3)
• Management and leadership of Life Sciences (3)
• Innovation and Project Management (3)
• Politics and Society (3)

Elective modules:

Water Analysis (4)

Water Analysis - Laboratory (5)

Atmospheric Chemistry (3)

Atmosphere Analytics (5)

Environmental Microbiology (4)

Hydrocarbons Analysis and Environment (5)

Sludge Management (3)

Environmental Engineering-Laboratory (3)

Product Ecology (5)

Green Chemistry (3)

Project (5)

According to the rules of the UCT Prague:

Diploma Thesis (assessed by supervisors of both partner institutions)

or

According to the rules of the School of Life Sciences, FHNW: Diploma Thesis (assessed by supervisors of both partner institutions)